Nordstrom Rack Plans Western Monmouth Store, In Manalapan

MANALAPAN, NJ — Customers in Western Monmouth can look forward to a Nordstrom Rack nearby - but not until next year.

The Seattle-based retailer announced plans to open a new Nordstrom Rack in Manalapan in spring 2025.

The other Nordstrom Rack in Monmouth County is in Eatontown, on Route 35. The other Nordstrom presence in Monmouth County - Nordstrom at Freehold Raceway Mall - closed in 2020.

Nordstrom Rack is the off-price retail division of Nordstrom, Inc., and offers customers up to 70 percent off "on-trend" apparel, accessories, beauty, home and shoes from many of the top brands sold at Nordstrom stores. Nordstrom Rack is the largest source of new customers to Nordstrom, the company says.

The 26,000-square-foot store will be located in Manalapan Commons, a shopping center that includes Best Buy, Panera Bread, Five Below, PetSmart and Raymour & Flanigan.

"We look forward to being a part of the Manalapan Township community and serving our customers with an amazing offering of great brands at great prices," said Gemma Lionello, President of Nordstrom Rack Stores. "We're excited to grow our footprint in the region and introduce new customers to the Nordstrom experience."

Manalapan Commons is owned and managed by Urban Edge Properties and is located off of Route 9 and Craig Road.

"Nordstrom Rack brings fashion to this center for the first time, broadening its appeal to the surrounding community," said Leigh Lyons, senior vice president of leasing for Urban Edge. "We received interest from several large tenants before deciding to proceed with Nordstrom."

Lionello said that customers will be able to have online order pick up from both Nordstrom.com and NordstromRack.com at the planned location.

The company operates four Nordstrom stores and Manalapan would make nine Nordstrom Rack stores in New Jersey, generating more than 1,500 jobs statewide, it said.

Nordstrom said it also gives back to the community.

For the past four years, Nordstrom, with its customers, has donated nearly $2 million in support of its long-term partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the United States. These proceeds support the recruitment, training and engagement of adult mentors and "Bigs and Littles," including preparing for an interview, learning to tie a tie and helping with homework, the company said.

Nordstrom started as a shoe store in 1901, the company said, and a "heritage of service has been the foundation we're building on."

There are more than 350 Nordstrom, Nordstrom Local and Nordstrom Rack locations, and, digitally, the Nordstrom and Rack apps and websites, the company said.

Urban Edge Properties has 76 properties totaling 17.1 million square feet of leasable area in the New York area. For more information, visit https://www.uedge.com.